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Added on the 13/05/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Miami (Florida, USA), May 26 (EFE / EPA) .- Ceremonies with worshipers in Catholic churches resumed amid restrictions Tuesday in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, two of the most affected by the pandemic in the state of Florida, which 52,255 confirmed COVID-19 cases since last March 1 and 2,259 deaths.(CAMERA: Cristobal Herrera)
Churches reopen in Rome as images from inside Santa Maria in Transpontina's church near the Vatican show worshippers returning to pray. IMAGES
Images show patrons entering and sitting down indoors in a Roman restaurant as restaurants and bars reopen for indoor service. IMAGES
Quezon City, May 17 (EFE/EPA).- Health officials in the Philippines are setting up vaccination sites in underused Catholic churches in an effort to vaccinate enough people to reach herd immunity.Catholic Church officials are coordinating with local government units and health officials to help increase public confidence in COVID-19 vaccines by allowing the use of churches and places of worship as vaccination sites. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: FILIPINOS GET THEIR DOZE OF THE ASTRAZENECA (VAXZEVIRA) VACCINE INSIDE A CATHOLIC CHURCH IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Manila, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- Filipinos gathered at churches throughout the Philippines on Wednesday to have their foreheads marked with a sooty cross sign to celebrate Ash Wednesday, the first day of the 40-day Catholic Lent season.Ash Wednesday is typically observed in the majority-Catholic country as a day of fasting, where devotees skip at least one full meal per day and abstain from eating meat and indulging in other worldly desires, such as drinking alcohol.Lent, which lasts about six weeks in the Christian calendar, is meant to prepare believers for Easter through prayer, repentance and reflection and commemorates the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting in the desert, according to the Gospels. The Philippines is the largest majority-Christian country in Asia, with 85.8 million practicing Christians, nearly 86 percent of whom are Roman Catholic. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE QUEUE TO RECEIVE ASH ON TOP OF THEIR HEADS DURING A HOLY MASS TO MARK ASH WEDNESDAY AT THE BACLARAN CHURCH IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.